Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code

From: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code
Date: 2008-09-04 03:15:00
Message-ID: 200809032315.01139.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net
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On Wednesday 03 September 2008 16:12:29 Joshua Drake wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:10:24 +0300
>
> Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> > > That would equally solve
> > > this problem, as well as many others.
> >
> > AFAIK the config file is checked now, and if the check fails, the
> > database won't start.
>
> Like apachectl configcheck ... E.g; we have the ability to check if the
> config file is valid "before" we restart and have an extended outage.
>

To paraphrase, "if you can't write a config file correctly before restarting,
I do not want you anywhere near any instance of a production system"

--
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL

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